Do you have this 1950 Keystone of Boston dollhouse to share?

Kelly had this model Keystone of Boston dollhouse when she was small, but eventually it went to live with another little girl. Kelly has fond memories of the many hours she and her sister spent playing with their dollhouse. 

Now, like so many of us that look back to our happy childhood days, she would like to have this model dollhouse back in her life. 

If you have this model Keystone of Boston dollhouse from 1950, and are willing to part with it, please contact Kelly at kellyleonard510@gmail.com. Wouldn't it be a great Christmas treat for Kelly to have back in her life!

The Mouse House

 

Come in to visit my little mouse house.

This is the home of six little mice.

Meet Coco and Mortimor Hobbs and baby Boink.

Upstairs we find Fritz and Ziggy 

kick-boxing on the top bunks.

                                             

                            

And here comes Marvin down the hall on his 3-wheeler....

     

            turn around and back again....what fun!   

    

oops!

"Not hurt! Not hurt!" and off he goes again!

Marvin!! 

We will roll you off the edge if you don't stop it! 

Looks like mom is getting ready for cheese....

boys in the dining room

....parents in the kitchen....for a peaceful meal.

Cheese time!

A quiet and plesant room for Coco and Mort.

Coco insisted on twin beds.

A bath in pink tells you 

just who makes the decisions in this household. 

Boink likes to sit on the cozy rug while he nibbles his cheese.

Mort likes to enjoy a bit of wine before his meal.

And with his meal. And after his meal.

Mort is thinking he has a comfortable life.

Coco knows Mort has a comfortable life.

This is a Keystone of Boston dollhouse produced in 1950.

Two other Keystone dollhouses were produced with 

the same/similar graphics and color scheme. 

One of them, the small Put-Away model, is in my collection.

I haven't located an actual picture of the third house. The following advertisement for it appeared in 1951. If you have one of these houses, I would love to see pictures of it. You can contact me at florinebettge@comcast.net. If you just want to talk about dollhouses or share some pictures of the ones you have, you may contact me about that also!

Strombecker sets are found in the kitchen....

a  table and chair set plus a fridge and stove from 1942, 

and a kitchen sink from 1933-36 production. 

In the dining room, also from Strombecker, is a table and 4 chairs from 1942 

and a buffet from 1947 that is missing the base. 

 The 2 chairs with pointed tips on the backrest are from 1935.

 

 The Strombecker end tables were produced in 1941. Kage made dollhouse furniture from 1938 to 1948. The fireplace is one of their earlier models

 with a beveled mantel and 5 flutes on the pilasters.

 The chair and sofa are a rare find of flocked Plasco dollhouse items.

    

    

This model of the bunk beds were first seen in 

Lundby's 1973 catalog.

The pink bath fixtures come from Japan. The Strombecker bath stool appeared 

in their 1955 catalog with the 1" scale furniture. 

This Strombecker bedroom set was first produced in 1933

 and offered in pink and green. Later, in 1936, 

it was sold unfinished. My set is a lovely shade of yellow. 

The Hobbs Family

are Kunstlerschutz/Wagner animals from West Germany.

  

and the house pets!

 

Keystone of Boston dollhouse, circa 1935

 

This is an older model Keystone of Boston dollhouse,

most likely from their initial dollhouse production

 year of 1935. It is a two storied house with four rooms.

Marta and Bernhard Schmidt live in this little house.

The back roof is attached to the front roof 
with fabric tape. The roof flips up 

to make the top floor available for playing.

Now this little house is ready for play.

This house is in fairly good shape for its 90 years. 

All the  window inserts are still with the house.

The kitchen has room for appliances and a large table with four chairs. 

Not sure what the hole in the center wall is for. 

There is a similar sized hole in the floor of the bedroom.

The bathroom is found on the second floor. 

I almost typed upstairs, but there are no stairs

 so that wouldn't be quite right.

The bedroom is large with room for twin beds, a night table, a dresser, 

a dressing table and chair, and a comfy chair in the corner.

Being somewhat crafty, I covered the hole in the bedroom floor with a carpet.

Marta is standing in the kitchen. 

I wonder if she is thinking about making supper,

or telling Bernhard they are going out for dinner.

Bernard is looking in the bathroom mirror

 wondering if he needs a shave, 

before Marta tells him they are going out to dinner.

 

And here are Marta and Bernhard Schmidt on their way to dinner. Good thinking Bernhard! 

The sofa, chair and end tables are part of Nancy Forbes #070 Living Room. The ottoman is from the Donna Lee #020 Living Room. The coffee table and end table are from Donna Lee's #022 Bed Room. This information was found in Patty Cooper's Nancy Forbes and Donna Lee Dollhouse Furniture 1940s found on Blurb.com.  The fireplace is unknown, although it closely resembles the fireplace listed in the 1928 Schoenhut catalog. 

The grandfather clock is probably of German origin. 

The sink and stove are Strombecker; the fridge is either a German or Japanese import. 

The maker of the table and chairs is unknown.

The table, with different decorative accents, came with the four chairs.

Strombecker lamps and clock and a Queen Anne lounge chair for the bedroom. 

The bedroom set is most likely a Japanese import 

that has been modeled after a 1931 Schoenhut set. 

Here is a comparison of the pieces with the Schoenhut furniture on the right side 

and the imported furniture on the left.

           

The sink, commode, stool and scales are Strombecker. 

The tub is hand crafted and I think rather unique.

The table and chairs and the bedroom set came from the same Ebay seller. 

I painted the sofa and chair to carry on the happy theme of this little house. 

Marta and Bernhard Schmidt are 4½ " tall bisque dolls imported from Japan.